Midlands council backs down in pay dispute
2 May 2019
Customer service assistants employed by Sandwell council have won a big pay rise after the council backed down in a grading dispute.
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Sellafield strikers unite against harassment
2 May 2019
The Unite union says it will defend harassed members employed by troubled outsourcing giant Mitie on the Sellafield contract.
Asda workers oppose forced contract changes
2 May 2019
Staff at supermarket chain Asda are in revolt over the proposed imposition of a new “flexible” contract, and their union is calling for the company to ditch the plan.
Union mourns murdered colleague Lyra
25 April 2019
In an impressive display of solidarity, members of the National Union of Journalists (NUJ) all over the country held vigils in memory of their murdered colleague Lyra McKee.
London Overground ticket offices saved
25 April 2019
Rail unions were claiming victory over the Easter weekend after the announcement that 47 of the 51 ticket offices slated for closure on London Overground will be retained.
Why sovereignty matters
Sovereign states have this in common: they are all that now stands between the peoples of the world and utter domination by the transnational monopolies that think the world is rightfully theirs to exploit.
What are we waiting for? Just leave!
Through the treachery of the government and MPs, Britain is in political and economic limbo. Instead of being free to take back control, they have handed the future of the country over to the EU…
The battle for British fishing
As both the EU and the UK government seek to thwart the results of the biggest democratic decision in our history, it is time to take stock of where we are, and how we can preserve and develop fishing…
Build the boats here!
Britain’s fishing fleet needs new boats, and skilled workers. Some 60 per cent of our fishing fleet has been scrapped over the years.
Time for action
All political parties have shown themselves ready to sell out fishing at the merest hint from their Brussels controllers.
Stop the rail sell-offs!
Even the government admits the rail system is a mess. Its solution could make matters worse…